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Jimma University

In research, Jimma University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#110 of 3,409 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,044 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#997 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Numerical Analysis, Nutrition and Dietetics and Agronomy and Crop Science — Numerical Analysis is 13.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,635
of 28,054 · #4,174 all time
Rank in Ethiopia
#4
of 56
Research works
6.7k
▲ 137% vs 2013–17
Citations
99k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
85%
world 28%

What is Jimma University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #110 of 3,409 23.7%360 #475
Health SciencesDomain #1,044 of 11,982 22.2%815 #2266
Life SciencesDomain #997 of 7,800 23.4%493 #2531
Health ProfessionsField #318 of 1,928 35.8%99 #1089
Social SciencesDomain #1,778 of 10,521 33.0%407 #3630
MedicineField #1,931 of 10,443 20.4%629 #3376
Physical SciencesDomain #2,437 of 12,888 20.8%802 #5021
Environmental ScienceField #826 of 3,551 25.2%255 #1744
Social SciencesField #1,545 of 6,365 29.8%197 #2679
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #243 of 916 39.5%65 #727

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Jimma University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#475 #110
  2. Health Sciences#2,266 #1,044
  3. Life Sciences#2,531 #997
  4. Health Professions#1,089 #318
  5. Social Sciences#3,630 #1,778
  6. Medicine#3,376 #1,931
  7. Physical Sciences#5,021 #2,437
  8. Environmental Science#1,744 #826
  9. Social Sciences#2,679 #1,545
  10. General Health Professions#727 #243
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Jimma University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Numerical Analysis takes 13.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 28.3 works13×
  2. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 72.1 works6.7×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 38.9 works6.5×
  4. NursingField · 76.6 works6.2×
  5. Soil ScienceSubfield · 40.6 works5.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.01× its world share, 360 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.84× its world share, 47 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 29 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 86 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.90× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 243 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.04× its world share, 255 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 66 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.15× its world share, 64 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 100 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.30× its world share, 629 worksMedicineNursing: 6.22× its world share, 77 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.27× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 83 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 49 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 43 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 197 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Jimma University?

Ranked on the composite score, Amare Deribew, Seid Tiku Mereta and Sibhatu Biadgilign lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jimma University.

  1. 1 Amare Deribew Ethiopia · #111,036 worldwide 673 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Seid Tiku Mereta Ethiopia · #136,285 worldwide 2.6k citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Sibhatu Biadgilign Ethiopia · #158,736 worldwide 1.3k citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Garumma Tolu Feyissa Ethiopia · #181,288 worldwide 2.7k citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Alemayehu Amberbir Ethiopia · #274,953 worldwide 382 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Gemechis File Duressa Ethiopia · #330,122 worldwide 31 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Alemseged Abdissa Ethiopia · #349,430 worldwide 69 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Jim Cohen Ethiopia · #409,480 worldwide 18 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Tefera Belachew Ethiopia · #537,927 worldwide 51 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Ahmed Zeynudin Ethiopia · #603,328 worldwide 87 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Jimma University

Which keywords describe research at Jimma University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Child Development, Global Burden of Disease, Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities and Maternal and Child Undernutrition.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology166▲ 1.67×113 topics
  2. Climate Change158▲ 2.3×58 topics
  3. Sustainability112▲ 1.83×46 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality71▲ 13×5 topics
  5. Child Development70▲ 6.6×6 topics
  6. Environmental Impact68▲ 1.58×41 topics
  7. Inflammation63▲ 1.21×50 topics
  8. Public Health63▲ 1.72×44 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease60▲ 2.1×34 topics
  10. Global Burden of Disease59▲ 9.4×4 topics
  11. Community Health Workers58▲ 27×2 topics
  12. Health Inequalities58▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Child Mortality55▲ 31×1 topic
  14. Health Systems55▲ 31×1 topic
  15. Maternal and Child Undernutrition55▲ 27×1 topic
  16. Water Sanitation Hygiene55▲ 27×1 topic
  17. Land Use Change53▲ 6.9×6 topics
  18. Sustainable Agriculture47▲ 5.9×13 topics
  19. Adaptation46▲ 6.3×6 topics
  20. Global Burden44▲ 3.3×11 topics
  21. Antioxidant Activity42▲ 2.6×25 topics
  22. Biodiversity Conservation41▲ 4.4×11 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity41▲ 3.7×20 topics
  24. Smallholder Farmers39▲ 7.0×6 topics
  25. Food Security37▲ 2.7×15 topics
  26. Hydrological Modeling34▲ 5.8×4 topics
  27. Global Warming32▲ 3.1×9 topics
  28. Vaccine Development32▲ 5.0×11 topics
  29. Water Resources31▲ 5.2×6 topics
  30. Risk Perception28▲ 4.1×6 topics
  31. Drought Tolerance25▲ 6.9×9 topics
  32. Livelihoods24▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Genetic Improvement23▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Numerical Methods23▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Convection-Diffusion Problems23▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Singular Perturbation23▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Land Management23▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Pastoralists22▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Rangeland Degradation22▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Insecticide Resistance21▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Jimma University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, Differential Equations and Numerical Methods and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology.

Child Nutrition and Wate…55Child Nutrition and Water Access: 55 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…55Global Maternal and Child Health: 55 fractional worksDifferential Equations and Numerical Methods: 23 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 22 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 20 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…17Malaria Research and Control: 17 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 15 fractional worksCoffee research and impacts: 14 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 13 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 13 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNumerical AnalysisManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 55 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 55 works
  3. 3 Differential Equations and Numerical Methods Numerical Analysis 23 works
  4. 4 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 22 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 20 works
  6. 6 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 17 works
  7. 7 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 15 works
  8. 8 Coffee research and impacts Pharmacology 14 works
  9. 9 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 13 works
  10. 10 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 13 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available85.1%not open14.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jimma University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 137% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.